Next step is catching up the birds. Next 2 days are meant to be dreadfully hot, so they are out. Sunday is the best looking day on the horizon, so the plan is to go and catch all the birds Sunday morning, around 8am-9am.

 

Move the aviary into position around about 9:30am. Four guys, one corner each, should take about 20 minutes.

 

Move all the birds back into the aviary at about 10:15am.

 

Aviary all set up and done by 11am.

 

Karcher the pavers where the aviary stood for the next few hours -

Dave how do you plan keeping the aviary from blowing away. call me blonde in you wish but just wondering

Wow, great job guys... Look forward to seeing the finished product... thumbs up here... :grouphug:

looks good dave well done love to see it all done

Dave how do you plan keeping the aviary from blowing away. call me blonde in you wish but just wondering :grouphug:

Actually I was going to ask a similar question as my aviary isn't yet attached to the ground - sorta not sure how that is done.Also not sure how everyone keeps the rain from leaking underneath the bottom of the aviary?Also Dave, it's looking the goods Can't wait to see it finalised with your birds!

Dave how do you plan keeping the aviary from blowing away. call me blonde in you wish but just wondering :grouphug:

 

Easiest way to keep it from blowing away is to Dyna bolt it own onto the concrete. I am lucky in that the position it is in is well pretected from Wind Gusts by both the fence and the reserve behind it.

 

Where I live has never, and I am willing to say, will never have to experience a tornado, so I am not overly worried there.

I cleaned up the few little bits and took some more pics.

 

Remember, the slope is not the concrete, just the dodgy guy holding the camera.

 

Close up of slab

 

 

 

Position in backyard

 

 

 

How big is it?

Looking good... Now where is the aviary...?

dave im suprized you didn't get drainage put into the concrete

i know if i was able to concrete rather than pave i would have a drainage well draining of into garden make cleaning easier

 

for thoughts asking about securing the aviary

daves idea is best if you have concrete if not though i used massive tent pegs and pegged my one down

I am not sure about the drainage idea GB.

 

I am not sure that I will be living here in over a year, so I was stuck between making it great for an aviary, and just having it so it can be removed if required.

 

We have just had a massive thunderstorm after another 40 degrees day, so everything is soaked, thus it looks wet in some parts.

 

 

 

 

Renee, to answer your question, it is 3.5 metres long, and 2.2 metres wide.

 

The aviary will hopefully get moved tomorrow little budgie.

I was just pulling your leg Dave... It does look great though and can't wait to see the aviary there... the budgies will love it...

Well, the day has come to move the aviary.

 

I am about to catch up all the aviary birds and put them in a smaller holding cage. It should mean quite a bit of chaos in those cages for about 1-1 & 1/2 hours, but it is necessary.

 

Photos to come of the days activities later.

The day started with me moving all the aviary birds into 3 cages that were placed inside on the dining room table

 

 

I was originally going to put all the ones I bred in one cage, the older ones in another, and so on. In the end, I just caught random birds and put them in a cage -

 

The aviary was then moved, with the help of my brother in law, my step father and my best mate. We all got in the aviary, grabbed a corner, and walked it to where it was meant to be. This is where it once stood.

 

 

Now the aviary was returned to its rightful position, the birds were put in.

 

 

 

I finished adding the natural branches to the door end of the aviary, put food and water in there, and all is done.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I thought about trimming the callistemons near the aviary, but the birds can nibble at the branches, they will provide some more shade from the natural sun, and it makes the aviary look much nicer as well.

 

 

All up, a good job done. It makes me realise just how large my backyard is. For a townhouse, it is huge.

 

 

Oooooooh it Does look good! ~ Well Done!

Good job

A candate for excapeing birds,no safty door.

you have room to put a safty door in,even if it is only made out of

shade cloth.

A candate for excapeing birds,no safty door.

you have room to put a safty door in,even if it is only made out of

shade cloth.

 

You will notice that the aviary is sitting towards that back of the slab. The reason for this is to allow a safety door to be built and attached. I have the metal, wire, joiners and everything else required, but there was no way I was going to attach said door until the aviary was back in position.

 

Now this is completed, it is my next thing "to do" with regards to the aviary.

A candate for excapeing birds,no safty door.

you have room to put a safty door in,even if it is only made out of

shade cloth.

 

You will notice that the aviary is sitting towards that back of the slab. The reason for this is to allow a safety door to be built and attached. I have the metal, wire, joiners and everything else required, but there was no way I was going to attach said door until the aviary was back in position.

 

Now this is completed, it is my next thing "to do" with regards to the aviary.

Good move....there may even be room if its full width to store seed in drums in that area. Have you also seen those sinks that attach to hoses..?? Like this http://www.bunnings.com.au/products_produc...entre_1117.aspx

Wow... Looks great and the birds will love it... pat on the back to you all... thumbs up...

A candate for excapeing birds,no safty door.you have room to put a safty door in,even if it is only made out ofshade cloth.

You will notice that the aviary is sitting towards that back of the slab. The reason for this is to allow a safety door to be built and attached. I have the metal, wire, joiners and everything else required, but there was no way I was going to attach said door until the aviary was back in position.Now this is completed, it is my next thing "to do" with regards to the aviary.

Good move....there may even be room if its full width to store seed in drums in that area. Have you also seen those sinks that attach to hoses..?? Like this http://www.bunnings.com.au/products_produc...entre_1117.aspx

That is an excellent idea. That way I can wash things outside without having to come inside. I am getting one of those tomorrow Kaz. Thanks for that, i did not even know they existed.It is good thinking to put a full end on the aviary. That way, I can store seed there as you say, as well as having my sink. I also should make it higher, the corners anyway, as that would allow me the luxury of attaching a shade sail over the avairy permanently, staving off the heat on the roof. Something to ponder over. I know how to do it. I will see if I can sketch it up and show everyone.

Wow... Looks great and the birds will love it... pat on the back to you all... thumbs up...

The birds seem very happy chirping away. I would like to think it is solely me, but I think the cooler weather has a lot to do with it.

Wow... Looks great and the birds will love it... pat on the back to you all... thumbs up...

The birds seem very happy chirping away. I would like to think it is solely me, but I think the cooler weather has a lot to do with it.

 

Give yourself some credit Dave... They are happy because you look after them so well and because of that they are healthy and loved very much... That would give any budgie a reason to chirp...

Edited January 24, 201015 yr by LittleBudgie2005

It was looking very poor where the avairy stood, with poo covering the pavers.

 

I borrowed my mate's Karcher, and it went from this

 

 

 

To this

 

 

 

 

Looks great now!!!

What aviary mess... Looks great...

You missed a few spots Dave